On 4/8/06, Markus Schiltknecht <markus@bluegap.ch> wrote:
> ACK. As long as processes, signals and shared memory are used this could
> be as portable as PostgreSQL is now.
This is certainly the case.
> Ehm.. which additional I/O cost? Or do you count inter-process
> communication to I/O?
Inter-process will add a minimal amount, but if it's done correctly,
you'll still end up ahead.
> I'd like to help teaching PostgreSQL the art of parallel query
> execution.
Cool, we're not at the communication-level yet, but your help would be
appreciated.
> In case you're interested I'll compile a patch for review.
Surely!
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